Terratec From record to CD User Manual

From record to CD in

5 steps

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2 From record to CD in 5 steps

From record to CD in 5 steps.

1. Connection:

Connect the TerraTec SoundSystem DMX 6fire 24/96 to your record player as described in the
sound card manual.

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Line In/Tape Phono Line Out

24Bit/96kHz Anal og and Digi tal Mult i I/O Devic e

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Gain Level

Mic In Headphone Digital In Digit al Out

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In

MIDI

Out

As an example we will now describe the recording procedure with the help of the “Steinberg
WaveLab Lite 2.0“ program, which can also be found on the DMX 6fire CD (<CD>:\Soft-
ware\Steinberg\WaveLabLite2\).

Important! Please be sure to also install the special TerraTec RIAA plug-in. This ensures that
the phono recording can then be directly filtered in WaveLab. This plug-in can be easily in­stalled using the Autostarter from the sound-card CD (<CD>:\autorun.exe). The program is
automatically installed in the “C:\Programs\Steinberg\WaveLab Lite\System\PlugIns“ folder.
If you have already installed WaveLab Lite in another target folder you should change the in­stallation path of the plug-in correspondingly during the installation.

Explanation:

Phono preamplifiers as they are found in, for example, commercially available hi-fi amplifiers,
always carry out a RIAA filtering. The SoundSystem DMX 6fire24/96 on the other hand, has
the option of disabling RIAA filtering. You thus have the option of applying custom filters (de­viation from the RIAA curve; when restoring shellac recordings, for example) with special edit­ing software that supports them.

2. Level adjustment:

In order to set the optimal signal level, put on the record to be recorded and play it at an es­pecially loud passage. The "Phono / MIC In" channel will be displayed on the mixer side of the
DMX 6fire 24/96 ControlPanel. Make sure that the input selector is switched to "Phono".

Important! the "RIAA Phono Filter“ function must be deactivated, because a corresponding
filtering should next be carried out in WaveLab Lite 2.0.

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